European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 1, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                William  language i he ultimate ambition of a Gold Digger is to end up As a trophy wife Lynn Barber writes in the times of London. Using that phrase in its most pejorative sense she quotes Sally Burton who mar Rich the actor Richard Burton a year before he died As one who was not a trophy herself but seemed to know plenty who were a the Golden Rule if you Are a trophy wife is that you do not stray while the old Man is still  _ the term trophy wife now firmly ensconced in the language was coined by Julie Connelly a senior editor of Fortune Magazine. In a cover Story in the Issue of aug. 28,1989, she wrote a powerful men Are beginning to demand trophy  More a Money men make the argument goes the More self assured they become and the easier it is for them to. Think i deserve a  in the initial coinage the term was in no Way synonymous with Bimbo. A enter the second wife a Dee Nde or two younger that her husband sometimes up on political Side of everything # i a Tony k0rnhe1ser Severa unches taller Beautiful and very often accomplished a wrote the unmarried Connelly. A the second wife certifies her husbands status and if possible Given the material she has to work with dispels the notion that men Peak sexually at age 18. This trophy does not hang on the Wall like a Moose head a she works. Hard. For starters she often has her own busincss.1 the woman chosen for fortunes cover to Evem. Pliny this career woman whose husband is part of her. Career was Carof Ync Roche a dress designer who a business had revenues of $10 million then married to the leveraged buyout King Henry Kravis. They have since divorced Roche has retired from the dress business and will be spending the summer in Britain. I was seated next to Roehm at a recent a dinner party and seized the Opportunity for lexical research a a a a women considered trophy wives arc accomplished and ambitious a she reported a in both their careers and their lives they have some looks but Are neither glamorous nor stupid enough to be called a a Bimbo they attract husbands who generally see second wives to be a kind of Reward but who want More thana pretty  a r a what about the natural follow up a i thought about trophy husbands a Connelly says. A in fact the april Issue of working woman does discuss that but i decided against it. You might describe Ted Turner As a trophy husband but he a hardly known mainly As someone you Wear on your Arm a the cover of working woman offers a trophy husbands As its headline with a subhead of a sue Cess and sex when a High powered woman meets her match he a got to be More than attractive intelligent and charming. He must be Rich powerful and secure a / y a a a. The men chosen to illustrate these admirable characteristics Are Turner husband of actress Jane Fonda Richard Gere Mega Model Cindy crawl for Mike Nichols journalist Diane Sawyer and Bob Dole red Cross chairwoman Liddy Dole. Got a letter the Oiler Day from my Friend Ben Cohen the Ben of Ben amp Jerry a ice Cream. In a assuming we re friends since. Ben addressed the letter a dear Friend a though we be never met and though i prefer Haagen dazs Coffee to his politically Correct flavors such As a Cherry Garcia and a Funky Chunky Donkey meat a the one made out of free Range mule bulk. Ben wrote to solicit clients for working assets a private phone company that will give 1 percent of All your Long distance charges to a environmental anti social change groups a the clue that Ben was talking about Ibera groups came in the next paragraph a which proudly said a working assets is the Only phone company that prints its Bills on unbleached 100 percent Post consumer recycled  most of the other phone companies i gather print their Bills on paper Cut from Trees illegally poached from old growth forests and use Ink made from the blood of the spotted owl. Ben wrote that if 1 switched Over to his Telephone. Company head give me 60 free minutes of Calls pre trophy couple Ted Turner and Jane Fonda. Working woman extends the metaphor further to trophy dates these unmarried escorts of High powered or talented women Are not boy toys a Droga Tion popularized by Madonna. These desirable in elude Peter Jennings David Letterman Mort Zuckerman Charlie Rose Bob Kerrey and the White House aide George Steph Nopoulos  but great Dresser. As a modern modifier then trophy most often Means a Bimbo Nice when applied to women though a second sense remains of a accomplished a applied to men however Rop by is almost always com i i men tary. Not fair a life is unfair a said president Ken Ned i a trophy husband. V a a a. Now York times a a sum ably to the american civil liberties Union and a pint of ice Cream. In a torn Between a Anise to Liri a a Licorie swirl endorsed by planned parenthood and a great Green gobs of Greasy Grimy Gopher guts a a Nouveau Pistachio _ i was intrigued by the letter s mention of a a free speech  on mondays i could make free Calls to targeted political and business leaders and Chew them out for some unspeakable act of theirs a like putting iceberg lettuce in a Caesar salad. One of this months targets is the Florida Citrus commission for hiring Rush Limbaugh to Hawk Orange juice. I guess things must be really slow in the protest movement. I mean Limbaugh May be a pain in the Patoo tie but he a not Hitler. What is so terrible about his endorsing Citrus fruits conservatives should get scurvy the other target this month is Pat Schroc Dor. They want her to sponsor a Bill to make some Guy Stop cutting Down Trees somewhere. 1 done to car if the Call is free i Don t want to talk to Pat Schroe Der. In fact ill go with any Long distance company that promises me ill never have to talk to Pat Schroeder or Pat Boone. Or Pat Sujak. Because of my Friendship with Ben i thought \ about switching Over. The brochure said it was the. Same As the other Long distance companies with calling cards and 24-hour operators. But i worried what if my operator were Che Guevara what if one Day i decided hiked school prayer would i get All Static on my line i know what you re thinking what about Jerry 1 called Jerry in Vermont where he supervises the chaining of 50 million pregnant cows to Telephone poles where they Are milked with Needle nosed Quot pliers and sandpaper. Just kidding. The cows Arentt chained to Telephone poles. They re stapled i called Jerry. Rob answered. He said and in a quoting Here a jeepers Tony jerks on the Road today. Let me get to it. In Mon the prowl for  Jer who knew so Jer Calls me. He says he uses working assets too. And listen to this. You wont believe it. That same Day Ben was in Washington where i live and he did t even Call some Friend. The Point of All this is the politicization of eve eryth1ng,. A you pick a phone company based on ideology t \ am so out of it. I picked sprint because i thought they would help me Speed dial this started with credit cards. Because they were All the same they needed a gimmick. So one offered you a minuscule amount of Cash Back. And another offered you fre quent flier Miles. Another offered you. Hotel Points. And it sort of snowballed. I have a visa card that earns me global Points toward a papal indulgence. American express introduced the concept of a guilty conscience to charge cards. It promised to. Make a donation to feed the hungry when you used the card. This let you buy a coat made from the skin of Gorilla fetuses and feel As though to Iliad done something Noble. A a what a next if you buy a Washer at Sears could you get them to pledge that the Silver beaked moluccan a Boot Frog will be saved from extinction from now on in a going to insist that my dry cleaner set aside 1 percent of my yearly Bills to Stop destroying the rain Forest. He a got to save the1 ams if he wants my pants. Soon i see myself going info a Luncheonette. To a like tuna Sandwich on White  no tuna. They catch Dolphin in those nets. We done to go for that Here a a wok a  no Bacon. You should see How they treat the a pigs.�?�. A a Quot a wok just lettuce and  no lettuce and Tomato. Migrant workers Are  a cup of Coffee then a a nope. It s from Colombia. Drug Cartel a a Tea a a a China human rights violations.�?�. A i just wanted  you should have thought of that when you came in Here.�?�. Washington Post Quot Page 24. Sunday May. 1,1994